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Compare BIRT and SAP Crystal Reports 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (48.1% of reviews)
Mid-Market (38.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$495 user
BIRT
Star Rating
(31)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (48.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(209)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (38.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$495 user
Browse all 5 pricing plansBIRT vs SAP Crystal Reports
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found SAP Crystal Reports easier to use, set up, and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of administration with BIRT.
- Reviewers felt that SAP Crystal Reports meets the needs of their business better than BIRT.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that SAP Crystal Reports is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of BIRT over SAP Crystal Reports.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
BIRT
No pricing availableSAP Crystal Reports
SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - full product
$495
user
Full version allows you to create powerful, richly formatted, and dynamic reports from virtually any data source, delivered in dozens of formats, in up to 28 languages
- Create highly formatted, pixel-perfect reports quickly using an intuitive design interface and efficient workflows
- Deliver personalized reports to your business users’ preferred destination in their preferred language and format
- Combine and connect directly to a variety of data sources across the organization
Free Trial
BIRT
No trial information availableSAP Crystal Reports
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.2
17
8.8
186
Ease of Use
7.1
17
7.7
186
Ease of Setup
7.1
8
7.6
101
Ease of Admin
8.1
8
8.0
95
Quality of Support
7.4
17
7.6
146
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.5
8
7.8
85
Product Direction (% positive)
7.1
16
6.8
184
Features by Category
Reports
7.6
16
8.3
149
7.0
15
7.6
127
8.2
14
7.8
127
8.2
13
7.7
77
8.2
14
7.8
113
Self Service
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Building Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reports
7.6
16
8.3
149
7.0
15
7.6
127
8.2
14
7.8
127
8.2
13
7.7
77
8.2
14
7.8
113
Reports
Not enough data
8.4
31
Not enough data
8.4
28
Not enough data
8.3
27
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.2
15
Not enough data
7.7
15
Visualization
Not enough data
8.5
28
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
8.6
28
Not enough data
8.0
28
Data Updates
Not enough data
7.8
27
Not enough data
7.8
26
Collaboration
Not enough data
8.1
29
Not enough data
7.7
28
Not enough data
7.4
26
Data Updates
7.7
10
8.2
36
8.8
11
8.5
35
8.2
10
8.4
36
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
BIRT and SAP Crystal Reports are categorized as Data Visualization
Unique Categories
BIRT has no unique categories
SAP Crystal Reports has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
BIRT
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
SAP Crystal Reports
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
18.5%
Computer Software
14.8%
Telecommunications
7.4%
Management Consulting
7.4%
Government Administration
7.4%
Other
44.4%
Information Technology and Services
15.5%
Computer Software
6.0%
Hospital & Health Care
4.0%
Accounting
4.0%
Wholesale
3.0%
Other
67.5%
Discussions
BIRT has no discussions with answers
What is SAP Crystal Reports?
2 Comments
AB
SAP Crystal is a report writing software that can connect to various databases that are SQL-based or similar to facilitate report writing. Technically coding...Read more
Why complex reports takes a bit more time to develop?
1 Comment
AN
More complex = more time.
I have seen ppl trying to user CR to build a BI tool ... charts, graphs and such . CR. CR does support those but there are other...Read more
What is SAP Crystal used for?
1 Comment
AS
It is used for generating analytical reports from various data sources, including SAP and non-SAP sources like SQL Server, MySQL, XML Microsoft Excel, etc.Read more
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